Greece

See also: greece

English

Greece

Etymology

From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós); a character in Greek mythology, the son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia. Replaced Old English Crēca land, also from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːs
Homophone: grease (in some accents)

Proper noun

Greece

A country in southeastern Europe, having borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Official name: Hellenic Republic

Synonyms

Greekland (rare, now nonstandard)
Hellas
Hellenic Republic

Descendants

→ Hindi: ग्रीस (grīs)
→ Korean: 그리스 (Geuriseu)
→ Thai: กรีซ (grìis)
→ Iban: Gerika

Translations

country in Southeastern Europe

Abkhaz: Барзентәыла (Barzentʷʼəla), Бырзентәыла (Bərzentʷʼəla)
Adyghe: Урымые (Wurəməje)
Afrikaans: Griekeland
Akan: Hela
Albanian: Greqi f (indefinite), Greqia (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: ግሪክ (gərik)
Antillean Creole: Grès f
Martinican Creole: Gwès f
Arabic: الْيُونَان‎ (ar) f (al-yūnān), إِغْرِيقِيَا‎ (ar) f (ʔiḡrīqiyā), الْإِغْرِيقِيَا‎ f (al-ʔiḡrīqiyā)
Hijazi Arabic: اليونان‎ f (al-yūnān, al-yōnān)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܢ‎ f (yāwān)
Classical Syriac: ܝܘܢ‎ f (yawwān)
Jewish Aramaic: יון‎ f (yāwān)
Armenian: Հունաստան (hy) (Hunastan)
Old Armenian: Յունաստան (Yunastan)
Aromanian: Gãrtsii f (indefinite), Gãrtsia f (definite)
Assamese: গ্ৰীচ (gris)
Asturian: Grecia (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan (az)
Bashkir: Греция (Gretsiya)
Basque: Grezia (eu)
Belarusian: Грэ́цыя f (Hrécyja), Эла́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
Bengali: গ্রিস (bn) (gris), গ্রীস (grīs), ইউনান (iunan)
Breton: Gres (br), Hellaz f
Bulgarian: Гъ́рция (bg) f (Gǎ́rcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
Burmese: ဂရိ (ga.ri.)
Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
Chechen: Гӏайрхойн (Ğajrxojn)
Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ (goihi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 希臘／希腊 (yue), 希腊 (yue) (hei¹ laap⁶)
Hakka: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)
Mandarin: 希臘／希腊 (zh) (Xīlà)
Min Dong: 希臘, 希腊 (Hĭ-lăk)
Min Nan: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (Hi-lia̍p)
Wu: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (xi laq)
Chuvash: Греци (Gretsi)
Coptic: ⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ f (ellas)
Corsican: Grecia f
Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
Czech: Řecko (cs) n
Danish: Grækenland (da) n
Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން‎ (yūnān̊)
Dutch: Griekenland (nl) n
Dzongkha: གིརིསི (girisi)
Esperanto: Grekio, Grekujo, Greklando
Estonian: Kreeka (et)
Faroese: Grikkaland n, Grikkland n
Finnish: Kreikka (fi)
French: Grèce (fr) f
Friulian: Grecie
Gagauz: Grețiya
Galician: Grecia (gl) f
Georgian: საბერძნეთი (ka) (saberʒneti)
German: Griechenland (de) n
Central Franconian: Griecheland (Ripuarian: Kölsch)
Swabian: Griachaland
Greek: Ελλάδα (el) f (Elláda), Ελλάς (el) f (Ellás) (Katharevousa, literary)
Ancient: Ἑλλάς f (Hellás)
Greenlandic: Grækerit Nunaat
Gujarati: ગ્રીસ (grīs)
Hausa: Yunan, Girka
Hawaiian: Helene
Hebrew: יוון \\ יָוָן‎ (he) f (yaván)
Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) m (grīs), यूनान (hi) m (yūnān)
Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
Hunsrik: Griecheland n
Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
Ido: Grekia (io)
Indonesian: Yunani (id)
Interlingua: Grecia (ia)
Irish: An Ghréig (ga) f
Italian: Grecia (it) f
Japanese: ギリシャ (ja) (Girisha), ギリシア (ja) (Girishia)
Kalenjin: Greece
Kamba: Greece
Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್ (kn) (grīs)
Karakalpak: Gretsiya
Kashubian: Greckô
Kazakh: Грекия (Grekiä), Юнанстан (Ünanstan)
Khmer: ក្រិក (km) (krəc)
Kikuyu: Greece
Komi-Permyak: Эллада (Ellada)
Komi-Zyrian: Эллада (Ellada)
Korean: 그리스 (ko) (Geuriseu), 희랍(希臘) (ko) (Huirap) (dated)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یۆنان‎ (yonan)
Northern Kurdish: Yewnanistan (ku), Grekistan (ku), Yûnanistan (ku), Yûnan (ku), Yonan (ku), Yonanistan (ku), Yunanistan (ku)
Kyrgyz: Греция (ky) (Gretsiya)
Ladino: Gresia, Grecha
Lao: ເກຣັກ (lo) (kek), ເກັກ (kek)
Latgalian: Grekeja f
Latin: Graecia (la) f
Latvian: Grieķija f
Lithuanian: Graikija (lt) f
Livonian: Grīekmō
Luhya: Greece
Luo: Greece
Macedonian: Грција (mk) f (Grcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
Malay: Greece, Yunani (ms)
Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ് (ml) (grīsŭ)
Maltese: il-Greċja f
Manx: Yn Ghreag f
Maori: Kirihi
Marathi: ग्रीस (grīs)
Meru: Greece
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Грек (mn) (Grek)
Mongolian: ᠭᠷᠧᠻ (ɣrēkh)
Navajo: Dahojiyáanii Bikéyah
Nepali: ग्रीस (grīs)
Norman: Grêce f
Northern Sami: Greika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Hellas (no) n, Grekenland n (archaic), Grekerland n (nonstandard)
Nynorsk: Hellas (nn) n, Grekland (nn) n, Grekarland n (archaic)
Occitan: Grècia (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Грькꙑ pl (Grĭky), Грьци pl (Grĭci)
Old French: Grece f
Old Norse: Grikkland n
Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍ (or) (gris)
Ossetian: Грекъ (Grek’)
Pashto: يونان‎ (ps) m (yunān)
Persian: یونان‎ (fa) (yunân)
Phoenician: 𐤉𐤅𐤍‎ (ywn)
Picard: Grèche f
Polish: Grecja (pl) f
Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਯੂਨਾਨ (yūnān)
Quechua: Grisya
Rarotongan: Erēni
Romani:
Vlax Romani: Yelenistan
Romanian: Grecia (ro) f
Romansch: Grezia
Russian: Гре́ция (ru) f (Grécija), Элла́да (ru) f (Elláda) (poetic)
Rusyn: Ґре́ція f (Grécija)
Samoan: Eleni
Samogitian: Graikėjė f
Sanskrit: यवनदेश (sa) (yavanadeśa)
Sardinian: Grèghia f, Grètzia f
Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghrèig f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Гр̏чка̄ f
Roman: Gȑčkā (sh) f
Sicilian: Grecia f
Silesian: Grecyjo f
Sinhalese: ග්‍රීසිය (grīsiya)
Slovak: Grécko (sk) n
Slovene: Gŕčija (sl) f
Somali: Giriig
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Grichiska f
Upper Sorbian: Grjekska f
Spanish: Grecia (es) f
Swahili: Ugiriki (sw)
Swedish: Grekland (sv) n
Tagalog: Gresya (tl)
Tahitian: Herēni
Tajik: Юнон (tg) (Yunon)
Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு (kirēkka nāṭu), கிரீஸ் (kirīs)
Tatar: Греция (Gretsiya), Юнанстан (Yunanstan)
Telugu: గ్రీసు (grīsu)
Thai: กรีซ (th) (grìis), กรีก (th) (grìik)
Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི (ke ri si)
Tigrinya: ግሪክ (gərik)
Turkish: Yunanistan (tr)
Turkmen: Gresiýa
Tuvan: Грек (Grek)
Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f (Hrécija), Ґре́ція f (Grécija), Гре́ччина f (Hréččyna), Елла́да f (Elláda) (poetic)
Urdu: یونان‎ (ur) m (yūnān), گریس‎ m (grīs)
Uyghur: گرېتسىيە‎ (grëtsiye), يۇنانستان‎ (yunanstan)
Uzbek: Yunoniston (uz), Gretsiya
Veps: Grekanma, Grecii
Vietnamese: Hy Lạp (希臘)
Volapük: Grikän (vo), Glik (obsolete), Glikän (obsolete)
Võro: Kriika
Walloon: Grece (wa)
Welsh: Groeg (cy) f
West Frisian: Grikelân (fy)
Yakut: Греция (Gretsiya)
Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד‎ n (grikhnland)
Yoruba: Geriisi
Zazaki: Yunanıstan (diq) (Southern Zazaki)
Zhuang: Sihla